NORTH Queensland superstar Johnathan Thurston has urged caution in patting his resurgent Cowboys on the back.

While he’s proud of his team’s record-breaking 64-6 win over the Wests Tigers last week, he said the true test of their premiership credentials would come next week.

The Cowboys will meet third-placed Penrith in the Blue Mountains on Monday night and then back up five days later against a high-flying South Sydney.

Thurston said the two most recent wins at 1300SMILES Stadium came against clubs who were facing plenty of off-field turmoil.As well as both being hit hard by injury, the Titans and Tigers have battled salary cap investigations and management issues respectively.

“It’s hard to take those (victories as a true reflection) as (to) where we’re at on the ladder,” Thurston said.

Comments on this story

Doug T of Townsville Posted at 10:36 AM August 12, 2014

Good to see they are not getting carried away with the training run against the Tigers, but also good to see they only dropped off for a short time. Certainly the acid test in the next couple of games, but it is achievable. Wonder how PPParr feels now about not keeping Segeyaro here. One game at a time - Go Cowboys!!